Visitor Engagement Assistant - fixed term contract
Mitie Closing date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026
- Full time
- £10k-£15k
- Apply now
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Job Summary
Job Description
As a Visitor Engagement Assistant, you will act as an ambassador for Tate London galleries, engaging with visitors to provide an exceptional experience whilst keeping people and the collection safe.
Provide a consistently excellent and engaging experience, ensuring visitors always have a safe and enjoyable visit and demonstrating an empathetic understanding of visitor's needs.
Greet all visitors in an approachable, welcoming, and professional manner.
Be present in the galleries as the public face of Tate and look for opportunities to engage visitors, enabling them to get the most out of their visit.
Maintain high presentation standards in the gallery areas within which you are working, calling on cleaning support, or Duty Manager when required.
Meet and greet visitors when working in welcome posts - scanning tickets, offering direction and advice about how best to enjoy their visit.
Support the family engagement programme through the delivery of activities and the distribution of materials across the galleries and learning spaces.
Upsell the benefits of Tate Membership and promote donations and audio-guides as appropriate within the gallery.
Promote the daily events, ticketing, catering, and retail operations within the gallery when appropriate.
Keep up to date with current exhibitions, collections information, daily events in the galleries and general tourist information.
Job Requirements
Passionate about offering outstanding Customer Care and visitor engagement in a busy gallery environment.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrating the ability to talk to a wide range of people, engaging with them about Tate's exhibitions and activities.
Confident working in a fast paced, busy visitor environment, dealing with rapidly changing exhibition programmes and large numbers of people.
A strong team player with the ability to build good working relationships with team colleagues and those in other departments to ensure the best possible customer care is delivered.
Able to work independently using own initiative showing a proactive, positive, and flexible approach to work.
Ability to work under pressure, using own initiative to identify problems and find solutions.
Job Overview
- Job Title: Visitor Engagement Assistant - fixed term contract
- Salary: £10k-£15k
- Hours: Full time
- Artform: Museums
- Role: Customer Service
- Contract: Temporary
- Closing date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026
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Location:
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Job: Visitor Engagement Assistant - fixed term contract
Job: Visitor Engagement Assistant - fixed term contract
Organisation: Mitie
Postcode: SE19TG
How to Apply
Via link below before midnight on 17th September 2026
About Mitie
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